Fitting for handles



Jan. 30, 1934. H. SIPC'JCZ FITTING FOR HANDLES Filed Jan. 6, 1932 Patented Jan. 30, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application January 6, 1932, Serial No. 585,145, and in Austria November 24, 1931 1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in fittings for attaching handles to trunks, travelling bags, handbags, cases and the like of the kind in which a fitting plate is attached to the handle 5 of a trunk or the like by means of a connection link preferably in the shape of inclined or tapering arms connected by a rounded portion and in which a boss or the like is pressed out of said fitting plate and each side wall of the boss is furnished with a hole or bore through which passes the connection link of the handle.

The essential feature of the present invention consists in that the side walls of the boss or the like are inclined in such a manner that the holes therein pass in the direction of tangents to the rounded parts or a connecting link, the holes being located at such a distance from the lower edge of base of the fitting plate that in any of its positions the lowest part of said link does not extend down to the base of the fitting plate.

One mode of carrying out the present invention is illustrated by way of example on the accompanying sheet of drawing in which:

Fig. l is a perspective View of a case with the handle turned aside.

Fig. 2 is a view of the fitting in section with the handle broken off.

Fig. 3 is a back view of the fitting with the handle.

The fitting plate 1 is formed with a hollow boss 2 pressed out of the upper surface and the side walls of said boss are inclined in such a manner that holes 4, made in said side walls, pass in the direction of imaginary tangents to the rounded part of a connecting link 6 attached to said boss. The holes 4 are located at such a distance from the lower edge or base 7 of the fitting plate, that the deepest part 8 of the round- 0 ed portion of said link does not extend down to said base. Screw-holes 9 in the fitting plate 1 serve for the attachment of the fitting plate to the bag or the like by means of screws, pins and so forth. The fitting plate 1, connecting link 6 and handle 10 form a unit, which can be taken to pieces by force only.

It is to be noted that each link 6 is oblong in plan and has a straight portion, inclined arms continuing therefrom and a rounded end portion connecting the arms. This straight portion is engaged with the opening in the adjacent end of the handle 10 in such manner that when the handle is turned to lie in the position shown in Fig. 1 the said straight portion is held so as to cause the rounded portion 8 to slide through the holes 4. The elongated links act to sufficiently space the handle from the top of the bag so that a convenient grip may be had when in use.

I claim:-

A fitting for handles comprising in combination a fitting plate, a hollow boss projected in the upper surface of the plate having upwardly and inwardly inclined side walls provided with opposed holes, the side walls of the boss terminating short of the side edges of the plate, an oblong connecting link including a straight end portion, inclined arms continuing therefrom, a rounded end portion connecting the arms, said rounded end portion being engaged through said holes so that the loop may be arranged vertically relative to the plate or horizontally of the plate and rest on the plate when in a horizontal position, and said holes being located at such a distance from the base of the fitting plate that in any of its positions the lowest part of the link is always supported on the fitting plate.

HEINRICH sIPocz. 

